Harrington man charged with rape

By Melissa Steele | Jun 27, 2013

Source: Delaware State PoliceJerome L. Hall

A Harrington man faces charges after police say he raped his stepdaughter at gunpoint.

The stepdaughter, 22, called police at 9:25 p.m. June 26 to a home in the 2200 block of Vernon Road in west Harrington after she said Jerome L. Hall, 53, held a gun to her and forced her to perform sexual acts with him, said Cpl. Gary Fournier of the Delaware State Police.

The woman struggled and escaped to a home next door, Fournier said.

Hall was charged with first-degree rape, aggravated menacing, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was committed to Vaughn Correctional Center in default of $15,500 secured bond.